Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/rakkjan

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rakjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃roǵéyeti.

Verb

*rakkjan

1. to stretch, straighten, straighten out

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*rakkjan
1st sg. past	*rakidā
Infinitive	*rakkjan
Genitive infin.	*rakkjannjas
Dative infin.	*rakkjannjē
Instrum. infin.	*rakkjannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*rakkju	*rakidā
2nd singular	*rakisi	*rakidēs, *rakidōs
3rd singular	*rakiþi	*rakidē, *rakidā
1st plural	*rakkjum	*rakidum
2nd plural	*rakiþ	*rakidud
3rd plural	*rakkjanþ	*rakidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*rakkjē	*rakidī
2nd singular	*rakkjēs	*rakidī
3rd singular	*rakkjē	*rakidī
1st plural	*rakkjēm	*rakidīm
2nd plural	*rakkjēþ	*rakidīd
3rd plural	*rakkjēn	*rakidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*raki
Plural	*rakiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*rakkjandī	*rakid

Descendants

• Old English: reċċean, reċċan
  • Middle English: recchen
    • English: reche, retch
    • Scots: rak
• Old Frisian: reka, retsa
  • Saterland Frisian: räkke
  • West Frisian: rekke
• Old Saxon: rekkian
  • Middle Low German: recken
    • German Low German: recken
• Old Dutch: *recken
  • Middle Dutch: recken
    • Dutch: rekken
      • Afrikaans: rek
    • Limburgish: rèkke
• Old High German: recchen, reckian, recken
  • Middle High German: recken, reken
    • German: recken